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To this day I can't make cream of chicken soup without being reminded of a dear friend who stayed with us over twenty years ago when she was first diagnosed with, and being treated for, breast cancer. She had a terrible time with her chemo and couldn't really eat for a couple of days afterwards, so the day she went in for her treatment I'd cook up a big pot of cream of chicken soup, and it would be ready waiting when I picked her up from hospital the next day.

So my challenge to you is to use a chicken (hens and roosters are acceptable too ) on your card, and elements that spell the word S-O-U-P.
No chicken stamps? There are plenty of possibilities with punch art and even with finger painting.
S - Spellbinders, stripes, silver, scallops, shoes...
O - ovals, orange, orchids, office supplies...
U - umbrellas, UTEE, underwear, ultramarine blue. As far as I'm concerned parsley and carrots (and Queen Anne's Lace) are all part of the Umbelliferae family so if you want to go all out with the soup theme, be my guest ...
P - PINK, pearls, peacocks, poppies, patina...
Be as imaginative as you wish, but please do share your "spelling" in your write-up so we can all enjoy your souper-creativity.
And please pay attention to all the uploading instructions, including the first one if you want to be eligible for prizes.

VIEW THE GALLERY FOR THIS CHALLENGE HERE
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View the Hope You Can Cling To Master Challenge Thread HERE
UPLOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All Hope You Can Cling To Challenge Entries must be uploaded to the Hope You Can Cling To Gallery, with the specific challenge keyword, no later than November 7th, 2012 at 12:00 Noon Central Time to be eligible for our fabulous prizes! Post a link to your entry in this thread.
2. You may not combine challenges, but you are welcome to create multiple cards for each challenge.
3. Please remember to put in the correct keyword when uploading your image. Copying and pasting the challenge keyword is recommended to avoid typos.
4. Please package all challenge entries with an envelope, protected with a clear plastic bag and mail them to our partner at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center to benefit patients being treated for breast cancer and their family. We would like for them to receive cards throughout the month of October, but we understand if you'd like to mail all your cards at once.
5. Since these cards will be used by visitors for patients, most should be blank inside, but feel free to send cards with messages of hope for the patients in addition to your challenge cards!

Sabrina- what a wonderful story! I used SU's Country Morning set for my rooster and chick and spelled out soup as:
S- Sow Seeds of Love
O- Orange Flowers
U- Under the Rooster- there's the chick!
P- Pink background

I started with the rooster image first so that took me in a more rustic, vintage direction which fit right onto the patina bg I already had....not only that, but I know Sabrina usually likes my masculine cards so here's Chicken SOUP for my Uncle

I started with the rooster image first so that took me in a more rustic, vintage direction which fit right onto the patina bg I already had....not only that, but I know Sabrina usually likes my masculine cards so here's Chicken SOUP for my Uncle

Woo-hoo, I'm so glad you already had some handy Patina - it's gorgeous!

for today's chicken S-O-U-P challenge, I made a rooster, using SU's Pennant punch and place and punch- blossom.
S- Shiny red cord
O-Orange rooster beak
U- for You (in my stamped message)
P- perked coffee
Hope you like- How have you bean?

__________________Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ~ Edgar Degas

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